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| A Swingin', Singin' Affair | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 37:56 | |||
| Label | Fontana | |||
| Producer | Jack Baverstock | |||
| Mark Murphy chronology | ||||
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A Swingin', Singin' Affair is a studio album by Mark Murphy.
A Swingin', Singin' Affair is the 8th album by American jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. It was recorded in 1964 in London when Murphy was 32 years old and released by the Fontana label in 1964 in the USA and in Great Britain where it was titled Mark Time!. The album is a collection of standards and pop tunes with an orchestra.
Background
[edit]Recording
[edit]The arrangements for this release were done by .[2]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [3] |
| DownBeat | [4] |
| AllMusic | |
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Allmusic assigns three stars to the release.[5]
Murphy biographer Peter Jones said, ".[2]
Will Friedwald said ".[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "Ballyhoo" (Charles Aznavour, Mack Gill) – 2:34
- "She Loves You" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:49
- "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:34
- "Iceberg" (Tony Day, Allan Zeffert) – 3:23
- "Happy Days Are Here Again" (Jack Yellen, Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch, Milton Ager) – 4:11
- "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (Douglass Cross, George Cory) – 4:40
- "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savanna)" (Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow, Jack Yellen) – 2:26
- "Stablemates" (Tony Day, Alan Zeffertt) – 2:40
- "I’ll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) – 3:32
- "From Time to Time" (Billy Nencioli, Emily Grace) – 2:39
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 2:37
- "The Best is Yet to Come" (Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman) – 2:50
Personnel
[edit]- Performance
- Mark Murphy – vocals
- Les Harris – arranger (track 3)
- Frank Clark – bass
- Les Reed – piano
- Ronnie Verrell – drums
- Vic Flick – guitar
- Joe Moretti – guitar
- John Dankworth – orchestrator (tracks 1, 6, 8, 10)
- Tubby Hayes – orchestrator (tracks 2, 4, 7, 12)
- Les Reed – orchestrator (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11)
- Production
- Jack Baverstock – producer
- Dick Tatham – liner notes
References
[edit]- ^ a b Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers (Kindle ed.). New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-375-42149-5.
- ^ a b c Jones, Peter (2018). This is hip: the life of Mark Murphy. Popular music history. Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT: Equinox Publishing. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-1-78179-473-9.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Gleason, Ralph J (March 3, 1960). "Mark Murphy's Hip Parade". DownBeat: 41.
- ^ Swingin' Singin' Affair - Mark Murphy | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-08-06
External links
[edit]- Swingin' Singin' Affair at Discogs (master release)
- Swingin' Singin' Affair at AllMusic (master release)
- Swingin' Singin' Affair at MusicBrainz (release group)
- Mark Murphy in The Penguin Guide to Jazz at Internet Archive
- Mark Murphy in The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide at Internet Archive